An electrical contractor believes he not only found a remedy to a misery of a business problem, but — at the same time — a way to benefit needy veterans.

Recently David Gomez had a customer who backed out of a deal to buy a $1,200 generator.

But instead of the 32-year-old Gomez spending time fretting over the issue, he put his energy into preparing to raffle off the generator on April 27 at 2 p.m. at the Oxford Farmers Market. The money raised, above the funds needed to cover the cost of the generator, will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Gomez owns D&E Electrical Services in Colora, Md., not quite 10 miles south of Oxford. The firm, which specializes in security cameras and generators, has a customer base that stretches up Route 1 to West Chester and west to Lancaster.

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The sad tale of how Gomez got stuck with the generator began last October.

Gomez said a customer ordered the generator before Superstorm Sandy but could only afford to pay half. Gomez said, OK.

Once Sandy rolled through the county without the predicted power outages, the customer decided not to take possession of the generator and, of course, not pay the second half of the bill.

Should the power fail, the 7,500-watt portable generator is capable of running a refrigerator, Internet connections, a sump pump and some lights.

Eventually, the customer disputed the charges with his credit card company and Gomez ended up on the hook for the entire $1,200 and a generator that was a special order and therefore, not returnable.

By now, Gomez realized the only thing getting generated were more problems for him.

Rather than fret about the circumstances, Gomez, a veteran of the war in Bosnia, hunkered down and started thinking about what to do. Then something reminded him of a friend who had suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome from the war.

“Post-traumatic stress — it’s important to me. I still have nightmares. I don’t think it ever goes away. You wake up in a cold sweat,” he recalled. He said he knew about the Wounded Warrior Project, a national program that provides services to military men and women who are suffering the effects of war.

It was then that he came up with the idea of a raffle that — if successful — would not only pay off the generator, but raise money for the non-profit.

Gomez and his wife, Ellie, are currently selling raffle tickets at the Oxford Farmers Market on Route 10 north just north of the borough. The couple is also seeking other venues where the tickets can be sold.

Ellie Gomez said if they sell 800 tickets at $5 each, they will be able to cover the costs of the generator and the raffle as well as contribute $1,000 to Wounded Warrior.